Scope and Contents: ALS, dated September 22, 1933, written on stationery of the Hotel Royal Danieli, Venice, from George Santayana to the Irish poet George William Russell (A. E.), care of Russell's publishers, London. Santayana discusses his use of Russell's poem "The Virgin Mother" in his own The Realm of Matter, part of The Realms of Being. For transcription and annotation, see The Letters of George Santayana (MIT Press), Volume 5, pages 50-51.